Jason Barlow

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Additionally, Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, or DNV, recommended Saint Francis for International Standards Organization certification, which would make it one of about 46 hospitals in the nation to attain that distinction.

The reaccreditation is pursuant to the authority granted to DNV by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

"A three-year accreditation means that we are in full compliance with all federal standards required of hospitals that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients," Saint Francis President and CEO Jason Barlow said. "This is our fourth year with DNV and we are really benefiting from their collegial approach to quality improvement."

To receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement payments from the federal government, hospitals must meet certain standards. Accrediting bodies survey hospitals on those standards.

A team from DNV spent four days at Saint Francis earlier this year conducting the survey.

PROMOTIONS

Some local faculty members at Mount Saint Mary College recently were promoted.

Tracey J. Niemotko of Monroe was made professor of accounting with continuous tenure. She has completed three years at the school. Niemotko serves as the president of the Mid-Hudson chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Jeanne Roth of Marlboro was named an associate professor of nursing with continuous tenure. She is completing her sixth year at the college.

Marie Therese Sulit of Marlboro was named associate professor of English with continuous tenure. She has been teaching at the school since 2007.

Ann Corcoran of Highland Mills was made assistant professor of nursing. She has been a part of the college community since 2001.

Ann-Marie Uebbing of Rhinebeck was named assistant professor of nursing. She has been teaching at the college full time since 2009.